Henry myers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MYERS, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF Tl/VO-THIRDS TO CHRISTIAN I'I. XVORNER AND JOHN HESSENAUER, OF SAME PLACE.

L U B R l CAT R SPEOIFlCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,595, dated January 26, 1892.

Application filed October 5, 1891. Serial No. 407,786. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: taps, thereby adapting the lubricator to vari- Beit known that I, HENRY MYERs,a citizen ous parts of machinery without necessitating of the United States, residing at Alton, in the a change of construction or size. county of Madison and State of Illinois, have In one side of the tube or passage G, near 5 5 invented certain new and useful Improvethe upper end, is madea smallopening orinments in Lubricators, as set forth in the aclet cl, which is controlled by a valve L, whose companying drawings, forming part of this stem is threaded in the nut and whose inner specification, in which end is made conical or otherwise to enable it Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved to be securely seated against the'walls of the o lubricator. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of opening cl to shut off the flow of oil, when dethe lower nut. sired. The valve L extends to the outside of My invention relates to certain new and the nut F, and has a thumb-piece by which useful improvements in lubricators. It is it may beoonveniently manipulated,and this an improvement on my former patent, No. valve may close the opening or inlet (Z from :5 452,759, granted to me May 19,1891,foralike the outside, as shown in Fig. l, or from the invention ;-and it consists of the constructions inside, as shown in Fig. 2. In either case, and combinations of parts which Ishall herehowever, the result produced is the same. iuafter fully describe and claim. In the horizontal wall 0 of the nut F is To enable others skilled in the art to which formed a recess 6, which constitutes apocket 7o 20 my invention appertains to make and use the contiguous to the opening or outlet (1, into same, I will now describe its construction which the oil or lubricant is collected, and and indicate the manner in which the same thence flows through said opening and the is carried out. tube or passage Gto the valves or other parts Referring to the drawings, A indicates a to be lubricated. :5 globe or reservoir composed, preferably, of The operation of my lubricator is substanglass and adapted to contain the oil or other tially as follows: The valve L being closed, lubricant. This globe or reservoir is formed the cap B is removed and the desired amount or provided with an open-ended extension or of lubricant is poured into the reservoir. neck at each end, the upper extensionabeing Now it is obvious that, the Valve L being 0 covered by a cap B, which fits closely over it, opened, air is admitted through the tube or and is provided withasmall aperture or vent passage G into the chamber E, and in1medi b for the admission of air to the globe. In ately the oil in the reservoir begins to flow the inner end of the lower extension a of the into the chamber E, and thence through the globe, and at its junction with the main porport 01 and tube Gto the part to be lubricated. 5 tion of the latter, is tightly fitted a cork O, The amount of flow will depend upon the adthrough the center of which a short tube D justment of the valve. Therefore if the valve is passed to furnish the means for conductis opened but slightly there will be a droping the oil from the globe or reservoir to the by-drop feed, while if it is opened wide there chamber E, formed in the lower extension will be a stream of oil passing from the res- 0 40 below the cork. The lower end of the extenervoir through the tube or passage D to the sion a, of the globe is closed bya flanged nut chamber E, and finally to the part to be lu- F, which is screwed or otherwise tightly fitted bricated. to said end, and is provided with a horizon- Having thus described my invention, what tal wall 0, against which the lower open end I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let 9 5 of the extension a rests, whereby said end' is ters Patent, is

closed and the chamber E formed. The nut An improved lubricator consisting of a resis provided with a centrally-disposed tube or ervoir having extensions at each end, a cap passage G, whose upper end is closed, and enfitting over the upper extension, a nut fitted ters the chamber E, and the lower end of the to the lower extension and havinga horizon- I00 50 nut is formed with a threaded nipple II of tal wall formed with arecess or pocket,a centapered form, adapted to fit different sizes of tially-disposed tube in said nut, closed at its upper end and having an inlet or opening in its side contiguous to said recess or pocket, a Valve operating transversely in said nut to control said inlet or opening, a tapered and 5 threaded nipple on the lower end of the nut,

a cork in the upper end of the lower extension of the globe, and a passage therein for the lubricant, substantially as herein described.

HENRY MYERS,

Witnesses:

R. GOSSRAU, O. H. WORNER. 

